Work & commute · Wattsville

Work & commute in Wattsville, VA

Most working residents leave Wattsville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chincoteague (6%), Accomac (5%) and Salisbury (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 554 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 536 Wattsville residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wattsville.

536live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wattsville goes to work

Chincoteague7.8 mi away

6%31

Accomac17.4 mi away

5%30

Salisbury, MD31.2 mi away

4%24

Wattsville (in town)right here

3%18

Chesapeake97.1 mi away

3%16

Pocomoke City, MD9.9 mi away

3%14

Virginia Beach84.7 mi away

2%13

Newport News81.5 mi away

2%9

Snow Hill, MD17.7 mi away

1%8

Richmond111.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%383

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wattsville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

20%

40%

31%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wattsville is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wattsville are

235 jobs are based in Wattsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wattsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wattsville

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Wattsville residents hold

554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Wattsville, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 235. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.